Vaginal douche-cup.



M. H. KUTCH.

VAGINAL DOUCHE CUP.

APPLICATION FILED Jintao. 1913.

1,074,368. Patented Sept. 30, 1913 @Homme/13,5

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MELCHERD H. KUTCH, OF TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA.

VAGINAL :DOUCHE-CUP.

To all @nilo/m it may eminem Be 1t known that I, Mnncnnnn H.KU'ron, acitizen of the United States, residing at Terre Haute, in the county ofVigo and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Vaginal Douche-Cup, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to an improved vaginal douche-cup, and it has forits object au instrument of this character so constructed as to adapt itto the part to be treated, and to cause it to he supported in placethereat with the minimum of discomfort to the patient` A. further objectof my invention is the construction of an instrument of this characterwhich will offer no obstruction to the passage over it of the tip ot'the nozzle by means ot' which fin-id is injected into the organ undertreatment.

A further object of my invention is the construction of an instrument ofthis character which will drain the Huid injected into the organ un'dertreatment and prevent such fluid from soiling the garments of thepatient, or the bedclotning, thus rendering it unnecessary to employpads of rubber be neath the patient to prevent such roiling.

iV ith these and other objects in View, my invention consists in thecombination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully de scribed andset forth in the appended claims.

ln the accompanying' drawing illustrating the preferred embodiment of myinvent-ion, Figure 1, is a sectional View of the instrument when inposition for use, that portion of the 'anatomy adjacent thereto beingshown in dotted lines.` Fig. 2 is a front View of the instrument inposition for use, and Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the same.

Similar reference numerals indicate corresponding parts Wherever theyoccur.

4 designates a cup which is provided in its bottom portion with anopenin 5 from which extends a drainage tube 6 a apted to receive at itsouter end a rubber tube 7. The rear wall of the cup at its upper edge isprovidedL with a rearwardly projecting member 8 which is tonffue-shapedand longi- -tudinally concaved. '.his rearwardly extending or foot piece8 is adapted to be introduced into -the vaginal canal, which it diletes, thus permitting the easy introduction of the irl-gating pipe, andassists in Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 30. 1913.

Yatented Sept. 30, 1913.

Serial No. 'ffl-5,0%.

supporting the instrument in piace, and by reason of its curvedconstruction permits the irrigat-ing fluid to readily drain into thecup. A vaginal speculum may be introduced over the member 8, thusfacilitating the introduction of Huid into the uterine canal or cavity.

Extending upward from each side wall ot' the-cup il', are fin-shapedWings f), which are so shaped or constructed as to conform to theanatomy of the part with which they contact, and are made suiiicientlystrong to resist-'side pressure. The posterior edges of these Wings arecontinuations et the lateral edges of the tongue 8 at the point of itsattachment to the cup, and such edges of said Wings curve upward,backward and then downward in the direction of the ilio-pectineal lineor" the pelvis. The anterior edges ofv the Wings 9 are continuations ofthe posterior border after rounding a sharp curve at the tip. They thenextend `for Ward and downward, being irst curved in; wardly and thenoutwardly, terminating at 'a sharp curve on either side of the frontbordei` er Wall of the cups base. 1it Wiil be noted that the exterioredges of the Wings I) present concaved surface which the inner portionof the thighs ci the tient under treatment are pressed.` T ey thusconform to the anatomy oi? patient, and side pressure against the se ieassists in keeping the instrument in op 1ative posi tion.v

As will be observed, the shape of the instrument auch that the upperedges of the cup portion arebelow the plane of the tongue 8, so that thecup o'liers no obstruction to the surgeon, and the draining of theirrigating tluid injected into such organ and its ready discharge isthereby facilitated.

l'n using the instrument, the patient is placed in. a recumbent positionandy the tongue ti of the instrumentis introduced into the vaginalcanal, the posterior border ot' the Wings being then in apposition Withthe patients body. The thighs are then flexed and I'it the curve of theanterior borders of the Ywings and then by abducting the thighs theinstrument is firmly tixedia position where it eiiiciently serves thepurpose for which it is designed.

lt Will be .noted that the anterior wall of tne cup is below the innerend of the tongueshaped member 8, and therefore oieis no obstruction tothe introduction of the tip ,of the irrigating member.

While I have shown and ldescribed the preferred embodiment of myinvention, it will be understood that I do not wish to be limited to theexact form shown and described, and that the appended claims are to beconstrued as broadly as the state of the art will permit.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

l. In an instrument of the characterdescribed, a cup provided on itsposterior wall with a rearwardly projecting member, the upper edge ofits anterior wall being disposed below the plane of said projectingmember7 and having upwardly extending wings extending from its sidewalls, and

upper edge of its'anterior wall being disposed below the plane of sai-dprojecting member, and having upwardly extending wings extending fromits side walls, said wings being curved and provided with concaved outersurfaces to conform to that lportion ofthe anatomy against which theyareplaced.

In testimony whereof I' attix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MELCHERD H. KU'ICH. Witnesses:

JOHN C. VAUGHAN, ODELL WEAVER.

